The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

Chapter 148

---- VALERIA "There was a legend that an unparalleled power was hidden there.

However, the fools who ventured into the lake never returned." Aterrifying, haunted place with certain deaththat's exactly our destination, no doubt about it.

So we gathered our few belongings and headed toward the Lake of the Dead, praying not to be the next ones on the list.

"Guys, you're always by my side," I took Celine's hand, and Quinn nodded beside her.

We all made our way through the wild forest at night, pushing forward without stopping, through bushes filled with sharp branches under the thick canopy of trees that blocked the moonlight above our heads.

As we approached the lake, the humidity and cold in the air intensified, and another unsettling detail sent shivers down even the bravest among usthere was no sound.

Not the hiss of nocturnal animals, the flutter of owl wings, not even a single firefly floating in the air.

Nothing.

as if life had been

thick mist hovered over the

a

and test the water," the King ordered one of his men, who

much they tried to act brave, the nervousness was obvious

I can't see the bottom; it's too dark," the man replied, leaning over the shore

him and mercilessly kicked him

an unmanly scream, the warrior fell face-first into the water, splashing

after a few seconds, he got up, completely soaked but still in one

it seems safe

Valeria, take the artifact and

he said, opening the

guide that would take us through this final

in the air, transforming into a silver compass

for a